O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain

Queen Gertrude
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain!
Hamlet
O, throw away the worser part of it,
And live the purer with the other half!
Good night. But go not to my uncle’s bed.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habits devilAnastrophe, is angel yet in this,
That to the use of actions fair and goodAnastrophe & Hendiadys
He likewise gives a frock or liveryMetaphor & Personification,
That aptly is put onHyperbaton. Refrain tonight,
And that shall lend a kind of easiness
To the next abstinence, the next more easy;
For use almost can change the stamp of nature
And either … the devil or throw him out
With wondrous potency. Once more, good night,
And, when you are desirous to be blest,
I’ll blessing beg of you.

I must be cruel only to be kind.
This bad begins, and worse remains behind.

For this same lord
Pointing to Polonius.
I do repent; but heaven hath pleased it so
To punish me with this and this with me,
That I must be their scourge and minister.
I will bestow him and will answer well
The death I gave him. So, again, good night.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
This bad begins, and worse remains behind.